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MINNEAPOLIS – The price tag for new signs directing motorists to terminals at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has soared to $2.2 million, officials say.The Metropolitan Airports Commission says the signs are necessary because up to 20,000 people per year end up at the wrong terminals at the airport. More…Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco – hostWink.com

Iowa – Two tours in Vietnam. A Purple Heart. A welding accident. A wheelchair. Death at 61. A bill for $277,186.96.Two months after Roger Lennon died, the woman who took care of him for more than a dozen years got a bill in the mail. The state of Iowa said the Bettendorf veteran owes almost $300,000 for the medical care he received in the state-run veterans home. More…Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco – hostWink.com

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan – There’s a new building in town, and it isn’t a military barracks or a hospital. It’s a Tourist Information Center. They are training tour guides and teaching restaurateurs about customer service. The challenges are many — land mines, dangerous roads outside Bamiyan, and, not least, Afghanistan’s reputation as anything but a tourist haven. More…Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco – hostWink.com

Australia – A wine glut has driven prices lower than bottled water as the industry faces an unprecedented meltdown and a fire-sale of unprofitable vineyards.The price collapse and overplanting has forced Australia’s biggest winemaker, Foster’s, owner of prestigious labels such as Lindemans and Penfolds, to sell 31 vineyards across the country. More…Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco – hostWink.com

Texas City, Texas – Police arrested a Texas City man accused of wrapping a large chain around his 15-year-old son’s neck before spraying the teen in the face with Mace at their home Saturday morning, authorities said.The teen ran to a neighbor’s home with the 15- to 20-foot towing chain around his neck at approximately 6:45 a.m. and called police, said Texas City Police Capt. Brian Goetschius. More…Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco – hostWink.com

Wisconsin – An Illinois man stopped on I-90/94/39 near Arlington on Friday morning to let some ducks cross the road and caused a pileup involving at least six cars, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.The accident occurred at about 10 a.m. near the 122-mile road marker, said Sgt. Greg Jenswold, of the patrol’s DeForest Post. No serious injuries were reported. More…Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco – hostWink.com

OCRACOKE, North Carolina – A truckload of fireworks exploded Saturday morning on a dock at a remote North Carolina island, killing two workers and critically injuring three others preparing for an Independence Day celebration, authorities said.The explosion shook homes and businesses and was heard across a village on the southern end of Ocracoke Island, which is the only inhabited part of the 15-mile spit of land, accessible only by boat. More…Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco – hostWink.com

ORLANDO, Florida – A Walt Disney World employee was killed early Sunday morning when two monorails carrying at least five guests collided at Magic Kingdom, emergency officials said. The name of the driver has not been released. The operator of the other monorail was not injured.Eight other people were evaluated after the crash, but no other injuries were reported. More…Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco – hostWink.com

NEWARK, New Jersey – A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested at a New Jersey airport after authorities say she avoided a pre-flight screening and boarded a plane.Authorities say Wanda Weems of Newark was detained Friday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport after she boarded a Continental Airlines flight bound for Houston. More…Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco – hostWink.com

Cook County – Police recently issued “IR” No. 2 million to a 38-year-old Indiana man arrested in the south suburbs on charges of possession of $10 worth of marijuana and a minor traffic violation. IR numbers — the “IR” stands for “individual record” – are like Social Security numbers for criminals. They are assigned to criminal suspects the first time they are arrested in Cook County. The same number sticks with a person for every subsequent arrest in Cook County. More…Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco – hostWink.com

Australia – Cigarettes could cost more than $20 for a packet of 30 and come in plain wrapping if radical proposals now under consideration by the federal government are accepted.The government is considering a cigarette tax hike and a ban on all remaining tobacco advertising and sponsorship in response to its yet-to-be-released Preventative Health Taskforce report. More…Discount Magazine Subscriptions – Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco – hostWink.com